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Sonny Chiba
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sonny Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Shin'ichi Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom…
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Sonny Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Shin'ichi Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born in Fukuoka, Chiba played a variety of sports in high school, including baseball and volleyball. He also practiced gymnastics and participated at the National Sports Festival of Japan in his third year. When he was a university student, he learned martial arts, earning a black belt in Kyokushin Karate in 1965 and later receiving a fourth degree in 1984. Chiba's career began in the 1960s, when he starred in two tokusatsu superhero shows. In his first role, he replaced Susumu Wajima as the main character Kōtarō Ran/Seven Color Mask in Seven Color Mask (Nana-iro Kamen) in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film The Street Fighter. Before retiring, Chiba had also appeared in a number of English language American films, including Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (2006). Chiba died of COVID-19 complications at the hospital in Tokyo on 19 August 2021, at the age of 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny Chiba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Shakespeare in Tokyo
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Biohazard: The Stage
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Take a Chance
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The Noise
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Kabukicho High School
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修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
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2013
Unification Of Japan 2
Movie Seizo Gonda
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2013
Don's Road 9
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2013
Unification Of Japan
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Don's Road 8
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2013
Don's Road 7
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Sushi Girl: A Documentary
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Don's Road 6
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Sushi Girl
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The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
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2012
修羅の花道2
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2012
修羅の花道
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Movie Hattori Hanzo
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Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
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千年の松 完結編
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2009
Yakuza Legacy
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2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Movie Himself
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2007
Oyaji
Movie Ryudo Numata
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2007
Samurai Banners
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2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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2006
Legend of Seven Monks
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2005
Team Astro
TV show Shuro
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2005
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
Movie Hattori Hanzo I
